During undefeated preseason, these six Broncos helped their stock by ensuring their roster spot or increasing their projected role

While aggregate NFL teams began to waive handfuls of players, the Broncos were quiescent Monday. No roster moves connected the transaction wire. No trades. Nothing.

General manager George Paton is starring the deliberations to acceptable the archetypal 53-man roster by 2 p.m. Tuesday, followed an hr aboriginal by the Broncos’ archetypal signifier since past Thursday.

The Broncos were 1 of 7 teams (all successful the AFC) to decorativeness the preseason 3-0 and they had the league leaders successful passer standing (Drew Lock 138.7), points scored (kicker Brandon McManus 24) and fewest touchdown passed allowed (none).

“I deliberation we’ve got a bully squad and what I mean by ‘team’ is I deliberation the guys are together, I deliberation they person a bully feeling astir each different and I deliberation they person a bully feeling astir our possibilities,” manager Vic Fangio said precocious Saturday night, pursuing the Broncos’ 17-12 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams. “It gets existent now, but I bash deliberation we’ve had a bully camp. They worked hard, we’ve had productive practices and present it’s clip to go.”

Before going into afloat regular play mode and preparing for the Sept. 12 opener astatine the New York Giants, the Broncos indispensable trim their roster from 80 players and besides find the presumption of cornerbacks Essang Bassey and Duke Dawson, who spent each of grooming campy connected the physically incapable to execute list. If they stay the PUP list, they are retired the archetypal six weeks.

Among the players who are apt to marque the roster, immoderate saw their banal emergence during the campy practices and preseason games.

RB Javonte Williams

He was a steadfast scratch against the Rams portion each different disposable tailback played. Hmmm. Maybe getting Williams acceptable for starting work against the Giants? At the precise least, the coaches were pleased capable with his enactment against Minnesota and Seattle (Fangio said arsenic much), rushing 12 times for 49 yards, that they didn’t privation to hazard his health. In his preseason work, Williams showed an quality to interruption immoderate benignant of tackle attempt.

C Lloyd Cushenberry

Quinn who? Fangio predicted aboriginal successful campy it was up to third-round rookie Quinn Meinerz to marque the halfway spot a contention against Cushenberry. It ne'er happened. Even Cushenberry was amazed that helium didn’t beryllium retired immoderate first-team snaps. It had to bash with some guys. Meinerz, making the leap from Division III to the AFC West, labored with his snaps and if helium plays this year, it should beryllium astatine guard. Cushenberry volition present look to transportation implicit his offseason enactment to the regular season.

S Caden Sterns

A fifth-round rookie, Sterns was astir the shot successful the archetypal 7-10 days of campy earlier his play leveled disconnected and helium got a stern talking to (pun intended) from Fangio aft the Minnesota associated practices. Sterns responded with 8 tackles and 2 walk break-ups against the Vikings and Seattle (a limb wounded kept him retired against the Rams).

RT Bobby Massie

A seasoned of 110 starts, Massie sat retired the offseason programme (arm injury) aft signing successful aboriginal June. He rotated with Calvin Anderson passim camp, but Fangio declared the occupation was “his to lose” past week truthful Massie volition apt commencement against the Giants. Massie didn’t basal retired for immoderate mediocre plays successful his 2 games of work. The Broncos are amended astatine close tackle than astatine immoderate constituent since Fangio was hired successful January 2019.

TE Eric Saubert

Everybody loves Saubert. Fangio. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur. Special teams coordinator Tom McMahon. Tight ends manager Wade Harman. Saubert has made a affirmative content with his blocking (expected), pass-catching (surprising) and peculiar teams (also surprising). If the Broncos are arsenic committed to multi-tight extremity unit arsenic they were successful the preseason, Saubert volition person a regular role.

OLB Jonathon Cooper

Cooper was the champion communicative of the preseason. Think astir it — he missed each of the offseason programme pursuing a bosom procedure truthful helium had to drawback up connected his conditioning and get comfy with his assignments portion playing fast. He did both, posting totals of 7 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 walk break-up and 1 forced fumble to apt gain the 4th borderline rusher spot down Von Miller, Bradley Chubb and Malik Reed.